广西河池市宜州区2022-2023学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题

—By working with a group.

—It must be Wang Tao. Only he came here just now.

—I asked if you would go to the picnic with me this weekend.

Hello, I'm Mike. I'm a teacher from England. One of my Chinese friends finds it

1 to study English. She asked me for help. I had a conversation with her online and 2 her some secrets of learning English well. I discovered 3 when I worked as a middle school teacher. For memorizing things, there are 4 mi- nutes each day in which the brain is more active than it is during the other time. They are 20 minutes 5 we sleep and the other 20 minutes after we wake up.

6 language study, the forty-minute learning time is useful for remembering words and expressions. 7, another challenge for English learners is speaking because many people are 8 of making mistakes. If we really want to learn English well, we should try to speak with everyone 9 he knows English. There is one rule of language learning, "Use it or lose it." To learn English 10, we should make good use of the forty-minute learning time and find ways to use the language often.

At the award ceremony (颁奖典礼) of Touching China 2021, a young girl caught many people'sattention. The girl's name is Jiang Mengnan. Her life story touched many people'shearts.

Jiang was born in a loving family in 1992. However,something sad happened when she was six months old. She lost the ability tohear because of a terrible illness.

When Jiang was about one year old, her parents beganhelping her learn pronunciation and lip-reading (唇读). Jiang needed to practice over 1,000 times to learn how topronounce each Chinese character correctly. Jiang often sat in front of the TVwith her parents beside her and carefully looked at the lips of the newspresenters (播报员).

At the age of seven, Jiang was able to "see"what others were saying. Then she went to primary school to have a normal life.

Jiang went to Jilin University later. She finished allher courses there and then made it all the way to Tsinghua University.

"I'm always thankful for the love I have receivedfrom my parents, teachers and friends," she said. "They never give mespecial attention, and I've never considered myself different from anyone else."

When I was at school, I played football. When I started, I was a terrible player and nobody wanted me to be on their team. But I started to improve slowly and, after a few years, the other kids in the school accepted me as a player.

When I was at university, I stopped playing sports. I was studying too hard, I started eating too much, and, worst of all, I started smoking. I was unhealthy.

One day, I was sitting in the park and watching people running. They looked healthy, and some of them were much older than me! Then I decided to change my life. That evening I went running around the park—for ten minutes! Physically (身体上), I felt terrible. Everything was hurting: my legs, my chest (胸部). But inside, I felt good about it.

The next evening, I went again. I still only ran for ten minutes, but I didn't feel as bad as I did the day before. Within a week, I was running for fifteen minutes, then twenty, and after three weeks I ran for thirty minutes without stopping. My speed was improving all the time. After six months, I was a runner!

That was five years ago. I now run eight kilometers six times a week. Last year I ran my first marathon (马拉松赛跑) and finished in under three hours. I'm healthier now than I've ever been.

Students of primary and secondary schools need to learn life skills at school from this term. They can learn many things from housework to farm work. It encourages students to take part in physical work besides book learning. As a result, they can grow healthily both in body and in mind.

Students can learn different real-life skills in different grades. Take cooking as an example. Students learn home cooking from preparing vegetables to finally cooking a meal alone. The students in the first and second grades learn to wash and prepare vegetables. In the third and fourth grades, they learn to make Chinese cold dishes and cook food like dumplings. The fifth and sixth graders learn to cook two to three meals, such as the quick and easy dish—fried tomatoes with eggs. The students in Grade Seven to Nine learn to make three to four dishes for lunch or dinner. An educational expert said, "We should care about students' all-round (全面的；多才多艺的) growth and progress, instead of only paying attention to their grades." "This reminds me of my life in the primary school. I learned to make dumplings and do simple housework. It's a super-good memory of my childhood." one teacher said. "I believe the new labor (劳动) classes can teach students lifelong skills and help them become all-round people."

Of all the inventions of the last century, none has changed our lives more than the computer.

A German named Konrad Zuse is considered to be the inventor of the computer. In 1941, he built the world's first computer that was controlled by programs. It was used to do difficult math problems.

From 1937 to 1942, a teacher and a student from Iowa State University in the United States worked on a new computer. It was the world's first electronic digital computer (电子数字计算机). It was the size of a desk and weighed over 700 pounds. That is the weight of a strong bear!

In 1946, two inventors worked together and built an even bigger and better computer. They called it ENIAC. It filled a huge room and weighed 30 tons, or about as heavy as 5 elephants. It used lots of electricity and needed a way to help keep it cool.

In 1947, the transistor (晶体管) was invented. This made it possible to build a smaller computer. The invention of integrated circuits (集成电路) then took the jobs of many electronic parts and put them into one part.

Then microprocessors (微处理器) were invented, which took lots and lots of integrated circuits and put them into one microchip (微芯片). These improvements led to the computers we use today. But scientists still developed other inventions to make the computer do different things and easier to use.

Computers paved the way for the Internet, a whole new way of communicating. Webpages, e-mails, and high-speed Internet connections soon followed. These things made communicating with people all over the world easy. What might computers do in the future? What will be invented then?

A: Look!

B: I agree with you. I like them very much. Paper cutting is one of the traditional arts in China.

A:

B: People started making paper cutting in the 6th century.

A: What do people need to make it?

B: Scissors and paper are usually used.

A:

B: There are pictures like animals, plants, Chinese characters for health or good luck and so on.

A:

B: They are usually used during the Spring Festival.

A: I see. Thanks for your introduction.  

B: It's my pleasure.

Zhuge Liang was a wise man of his time. One day, Liu Bei, together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, went to Longzhong to visit Zhuge Liang.  he was not home.

A few days later, Liu paid a  visit. But Zhuge Liang was still not home.

Liu was eager to get  from Zhuge Liang. So he paid a third visit to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage (茅屋). This time, Zhuge Liang was taking a nap

 Liu arrived. Liu waited  till Zhuge Liang woke up. When Zhuge Liang woke up, Liu said sincerely (真挚地；真诚地), "For a  time, I have known that you are a wise man. I come to  you to be my adviser."

Zhuge Liang was moved by Liu. He agreed to help.  Zhuge Liang's help, Liu successfully  up his kingdom (王国).

Liu Bei paid three visits to invite Zhuge Liang to be  adviser. We should treat talented people patiently and sincerely.

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1）这个节日在什么时候。2）有什么传统食物。3）有什么重要的庆祝活动。

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1）须包括所有的提示内容，可以根据需要作适当的发挥。2）80词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jack,

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua